Miguel Ángel Macau García

Journalist, poet, and playwright.

He studied primary and secondary education in his native city, Matanzas. He became known as a poet in Arpas amigas (Matanzas, Imp. El Escritorio, 1906), together with José G. Villa.

He was editor of the magazine El Estudiante and the newspaper La Lucha, both from Matanzas.

He graduated as a Doctor of Civil Law from the University of Havana in 1914. He practiced law in Matanzas for seven years.

He aspired to be a representative to the Chamber for the Popular Party of his native city.

As a poet and playwright he was awarded on three occasions in the Floral Games of Oriente (1914, 1916, and 1919).

He traveled to the United States on two occasions; later he moved to Havana, where he worked as a municipal judge of Vedado.

In 1934 he was appointed accountant of the Executive Committee and Supreme Assembly of the Cuban Red Cross, of whose magazine Cruz Roja Cubana he was co-director from 1937.

In 1957 he contributed to Pueblo and Diario de la Marina.

Later he retired from law practice. He is the author of legal works and musical compositions. Shortly before his death, he received a tribute from the Ateneo de La Habana, of which he was a member.

He is the author of the libretto for the zarzuela Soledad, by Rodrigo Prats (1932). He also published and premiered, in his native city and in Havana, a large number of dramas and comedies, among which may be cited La justicia en la inconsciencia, La fuerza incontrastable, and La herencia maldita.

In 1950 he published in Mexico a compilation of his dramatic works.

He died in Havana in 1971.

Active Bibliography:
Influencia de la literatura en las costumbres (Lecture delivered at the premises of the Association of Young Christians on December 20, 1909). Matanzas, Imp. de T. González [1909?].
Julián. Dramatic monologue in verse. Matanzas, Imp. El Radium, 1910.
La justicia en la inconsciencia. Drama in three acts and in verse. Matanzas, Imp. de R. Betancourt, 1910.
Impresiones del camino. Prose. Matanzas, Imp. de Tomás González, 1911; 2nd ed. Havana, Imp. La República, 1942.
Flores del trópico. Poems. "By way of prologue," by Max Henríquez Ureña. Barcelona, F. Granada [1912]; Havana, Cultural, 1936.
Francia bajo el Consulado. Lecture. Matanzas, Imp. de T. González, 1912.
Lírica saturnal. Matanzas, Imp. de T. González, 1912; 2nd ed. [Havana, Talleres Tipográficos de «La República», 1943]; [Mexico, D.F., Editorial B. Costa Amic, 1948].
Mi vía-crucis. Account of three surgical operations suffered by the author. Matanzas, Imp. de T. González, 1912; [Havana, Talleres Gráficos de Albino Rodríguez, 1947]; 3rd ed. Buenos Aires [Talleres Gráficos de Porter], 1947.
La justicia en la inconsciencia. Julián La partida. Dramatic works. Matanzas, Imp. de Tomás González, 1913.
El triunfo de la vida. Dramatic comedy (Commendation in the Floral Games of Oriente in 1914) [s.l.] 1914.
Paz perdida. Composition awarded at the Floral Games of Santiago de Cuba on June 22, 1916. Santiago de Cuba, Imp. La Moda [1916?].
Dramatic works [Havana], Editorial Hermes [191-].
Ritmos de ideal. Paz perdida. Poems. Havana, Imp. P. Soles, 1920; Havana, Albino Rodríguez [1938]; 3rd ed. [Mexico, D.F., Editorial B. Costa Amic] 1949.
Spoliarium (Prose of pain and evocation). Havana, A. Dorrbecker, 1927; 2nd ed. Havana, Imp. P. Fernández [1940]; 3rd ed. Mexico [Gráfica Panamericana] 1948.
Arpas de alba (Verses from my nineteen years). 3rd ed. Buenos Aires, 1938; [s.l., 193-].
Theater. Havana, Imp. Albina Rodríguez [1938]. La herencia maldita. [s.l., 1938?].
Anthology. Havana, Imp. Albino Rodríguez, 1944. Soledad. Zarzuela-revue in one act, divided into six scenes, with music by maestro Rodrigo Prats.
La maternidad es amor. Dramatic comedy in three acts and in prose. Havana, Cultural [19-].
Dramatic works. Mexico, D.F. [Editorial Latina] 1950.
Los poemas musicales. Lyrical compositions, words and music by [...]. Havana, P. Fernández, 1930-1956.
Biognosis. Philosophical essay. Havana, Imp. P. Fernández, 1953. Pasajes en claroscuro. Miscellaneous prose. Havana [Imp. P. Fernández] 1954.
Cancionero folklórico. Havana, P. Fernández, 1956.
Peregrinaje ocioso. Miscellaneous prose. Havana [P. Fernández] 1957. Theater. Havana, P. Fernández [1957].
Clotilde Tejidor. Cuban novel.
Seguro de vida. Short novel. Havana, Editorial Lex, 1958.
Y se salvaba el amor. Novel. Havana, P. Fernández [1959].
Véspero radiante. Poems. Havana, 1960.
Poema a mi valle. Song in espinelas. Havana [1961?].